Monster Yamaha's Colin Edwards branded Alex De Angelis as a 'dumbass' following the crash that wiped out the Texan and countryman Nicky Hayden in the second corner of lap one at today's MotoGP race at Misano.
In an interview live on the BBC, Edwards said: "We're in Italy and we have to deal with dumbass Italians sometimes. It was going to be a good day."
After the race, Edwards added: "I thought I had the pace to easily be fourth and maybe fight with Pedrosa for a podium but we are in Italy and occasionally you have to deal with an Italian rider who wants to be a hero and today that was De Angelis.
"Turn one at the start with seventeen bikes is not the place to be going at race pace and he was never going to make through there. Today De Angelis is the guy who needed to be wearing Valentino's donkey helmet. I didn't know what happened until I was sliding through the gravel.
"Turn one is the most dangerous time to crash with so many bikes around you, it is unacceptable. I've been fighting with Dovizioso in the championship most of the season and now he has ten points on me with four races to go."
